tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post5523896010443930118..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Warren benefited from white privilegeRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-11282062740642232812012-06-19T20:24:18.765-07:002012-06-19T20:24:18.765-07:00Affirmative action programs don't exist to pun...Affirmative action programs don't exist to punish people for past racism, DMarks. They exist to level the playing field. <br /><br />If that inadvertently hurts someone, it's someone who previously had an unfair advantage. That person is no worse off than minorities who were held back because of racism.<br /><br />Apparently you don't think white people have any unfair advantages. Too bad that position is demonstrably wrong.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-16385484291893791772012-06-17T20:59:58.893-07:002012-06-17T20:59:58.893-07:00Lies for Many Moons soon go the way of Coakley buf...Lies for Many Moons soon go the way of Coakley buffaloes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-58792617199867551902012-06-15T14:09:54.065-07:002012-06-15T14:09:54.065-07:00People will believe anyone is "really" a...People will believe anyone is "really" an Indian and real Indians aren't, if their politics support it.<br /><br /><a href="http://newspaperrock.bluecorncomics.com/2011/08/should-indians-be-vegetarians.html" rel="nofollow">Exhibit A</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-74823797944062657542012-06-15T12:43:46.715-07:002012-06-15T12:43:46.715-07:00Anon: I talked to a hardline leftist (partisanship...Anon: I talked to a hardline leftist (partisanship trumps any racial sensitivities) about the pow wow bookbook, and he claimed that she was the victim, not the plagiarizer.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-44004669448015048002012-06-14T11:29:30.675-07:002012-06-14T11:29:30.675-07:00She also had a "powwow chow" cookbook th...She also had a "powwow chow" cookbook that included such authentic American Indian items as cognac and mayonnaise.<br /><br />Good recipe. Too bad she got it from an article in the NY Times in the 70s.<br /><br />@dmarks:<br />Also, it allows for, nay, demands, people like Clarence Thomas. And the term "high-tech lynching". (Or more recently, Palin referring to the shooting of Gabrielle Giffords and connecting it to right-wing bloggers who even used crosshairs graphics as "blood libel". (Former Rep. Giffords is, of course, Jewish.)<br /><br />What have we learned from this? When it comes to politics, people whine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-69369912697506632662012-06-13T08:10:55.101-07:002012-06-13T08:10:55.101-07:00"The whole point of affirmative action is to ..."The whole point of affirmative action is to make up for the disadvantages caused by racism"<br /><br />Yet, it misses this point entirely because the programs never take racism into account.<br /><br />They punish people whether or not they have been victims of racism. They reward people without regard to this also. Any idea of due process is tossed out the window.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.com